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SECOND EDITION. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY), SATURDAY, AUGUST 20. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER entered the House in his State Robes at twenty minutes before Two o'clock. Prayers were then read by the Right Hon. Gentleman's Chaplain. Mr. HUME moved for several returns relative to grants of land in Canada.—Agreed to. Mr. HUME rose and said, Sir, I am extremely unwilling that this House should separate, without offering some obser vations as to the view I take of the situation in which we are placed, by the extraordinary proceedings that have taken place in the other House of Parliament. I cannot but reflect on the ,many tedious hours we have sat in this House, the many im portant measures we have endeavoured to pass with the view of effecting a reform of the different establishments of the country, and of producing that satisfaction which we have pro - raised to our constituents, arising from the improvements of our institutions, according to the plan and the expectations held out at the passing of the Reform Bill.--( Hear, hear, hear.) It is mortifying to see two Sessions pass in the second Reformed Parliament without scarcely one-tenth of those benefits which we had a right to expect, and to which the people were entitled, according to the expectations that were held out and the fair promises that were made. When the Reform Bill was granted, it was either intended that be neficial results should follow, and hopes were held out— Sir F. FRENCH— I rise to order. We have heard some thing about last words ; but the Honourable Member for Middlesex is determined to have the last word, and that that word should contain a libel on the House of Lords. I wish to know whether the Hon. Member is going to make -a motion, otherwise this proceeding is quite irregular. No an swer can be given to the observations of the Hon. Member. There can be no reply. Mr. HUME—The Honourable and Gallant Gentleman is so much in the habit of associating with those who libel that he supposes I cannot rise without speaking a libel. He will, however, excuse me if I tell him that he has interrupted me without reason. He is an old Member of Parliament, and he ought to know that he has no right to ask me whether I shall conclude by a motion or not. I was about to say— Sir. F. FRENCH—Sir, I again rise to order—( Cries of " Order," and " Chair")—l appeal to you, Mr. Speaker— Mr. HUME—The Speaker has no right to interrupt me. You, Sir, may complain if I sit down without making a motion. You may complain that it is against the rules of the House. But it will be time enough to consider that when I have con cluded the observations I have to make.—(Loud cries of " Chair" and " Order.") Lord J. RUSSELL—I think the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hume) is not quite right in his last remark.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman should state that he is going to make a motion, in order to render this proceeding regular. If there is; a motion, the proceeding is regular. But it is not fair, as was the case last night (so we understood), to make a long speech, and then to say that he is not going to make a nstion.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME—It is my intention to move, that there be laid on the table of the House a return cf the number of days and hours which this House has sat in the furtherance of the duty intrusted to them. It has beea said, that at the commence ment cf the Session, great hopes acre held out that now the Session is about to close, all those high expectations are for saken ; that those who were parties to these promises have done nothing but sleep through the whole Session, and have been guilty of disappointing the hopes of the commu nity. Sir, it appears to me that impudence would be the pro per character to give to such a charge as that.--t Cheers.) But the people of England will be the jinln es,—( Hear, hear,) _and I offer these observations in answer to what I s-ty was a libel on this House, that we had neglected our duty, had forgot that fur which we assembled, and that .we are now about to re turn to our constituents without fulfilling our duties. Sir, although there may have been a Session in which more labour may have been bestowed, there has scarcely been a session for the last 20 years, I can safely say, in which I have devoted more time to the business of this - House.—( Hear.) Why do I defend myself? Because at the close of this ses awn I see very little effected in comparison to what ought to have been effected. And who has been time opposing- power? Why, the other House of Parlianment.—(Hear.) I therefore say, Sir, the Commons of England have endeavoured to carry oe the recommendations of h - s Maje,ty from the Throne, and end:.avoured to cffeet such alterations in the several esta- Llishrnents, as would give satisf„.,:ctm to the people, and he null: the subjects his AlAjesty., Sir, I hold in toy hand the _ _ recommendation of his Majesty on the 24th of 'February, 1835, and on the 4:h day of I:,:b*uttry, 1836, in which his Majesty calls on the Houte of Parliament to effect such a change in the tithe system of Inland as will fur ever put aa end to the question, and enable his Majesty's subjects in Ire faL.l to live to hal molly and peace. Last year the Commons sent up a Bill to that effect. '1 his yerr they did the same. These Bilis would have carried into effect the intentions ::nd =hes'of his Majesty : and, Sir, who are those that have stood .-cce:i Lis Nlaj. , :tv and the fulfilment of his expectations?— ( C10:c.N..) Are the Commons to blame ? No, Sir ; they have dole their duty, but the Douse of Lords appear to be deter inioed to .1 , 11; that justice for which the people of Ireland have a ri4ht to call, and which Lis Majesty from the 'Throne recorn mei-ded.—(l-lear, hear.) I say, therefore, the Lords are the parties who ought to be complained against, and not the Corn- Irons of England. who have up to the present period given the utmost attention to the wishes of his Majesty, and the wishes of his subjects. If blood is shed—if discontent is ma nifested, the House of Lords, who have opposed the recom mendation of his Majesty, and who have refused to second the Commons, will be responsible, and the people of Ireland will know who arc the opposing parties.—(Cheers.) He regretted that minority was so large. But the time was coming when they would sec that number reduced in a consti tutional manner.—(Cheers.) At ail events, on the part of the majority of that House, and on his own part, he would say that, with regard to the reform of the Church of Ireland, they had done their duty—( Hear)—and those who talked else where of abstract principles, ware the parties who had stopped all Reform, both in Ireland and in England— ( Hear)—and they must look upon themselves as the opponents of the tranquillity of the former country. ( Hear, hear.) What was the next subject in the King's Speech ? The situa tion of the Municipal Corporations in Ireland, which his Ma jesty had recommended to be placed on the same footing as those of England and Scotland. Had that been done ? So far as regarded the House of Commons, it had done its duty, but the House of Lords had interfered with and mangled that measure of local reform. They had done so, forsooth, because the party likely to have a majority at the municipal elections in that country were Roman Catholics, and therefore not fit to be trusted with civil power.—( Cheers.) And, he would ask, was such conduct to be borne? Were such pretences to be listened to ?—( Hear, and cheering.) He would tell them that no liberal-minded man in England or Scotland would do so.—( Hear.) No independent or liberal man would listen to the argument, that because nine-tenths of the people of Ireland were Roman Catholics they were to be de prived of the management of their local affairs.—( Hear.) As well might the Scotch, because the majority of that country was Presbyterians, be refused municipal institutions, on the ground that they were opposed to a Church Esta blishment. He contended, therefore, that the House of Lords were responsible for all the mischief that would ensue for hav ing refused justice to the people of Ireland. To slew the impropriety of the proceeding on the part of their Lordships, he would read the resolution which had turned the Tories out of the Government. It was the recognition of a principle which would turn them out again. The success of the Reformers on that occasion had shown them the advantage of union—however different their shades of political character might be, from the Radical to the milk-and-water Reformer, they had united to drive the Tories out, and had succeeded.—( Cheers.) He was rejoiced to find that the test applied on that occasion had purged that side of the House of some of those who wished to be thought liberal, but were only enemies in the camp of the Reformers ; thank God, he would say again, that that side of the House had got rid of them.—(Loud laughter.) The Commons of England—the majority of that House—had attempted to carry into effect the principles which were con been . .eed in the address which turned out the Tories—that had roostg e tli bond of u n i on b etween the majority, ancal..htell'Taie ~ naturcl i „di. e i r ttp..t it. r .ouVrtortintie - SO whatever trig en PPertences might exist among them. He hoped that no one who the was a s i ncere R e f ormer would be weak enough, he had almost said base enough, to join the Tories on account of those diffe rences. The Lords had prevented every amelioration—every measure of justice which would have given satisfaction to Ire land. They had even interfered with, and disposed of the Registration of Voters' Bill—they had mangled the Bill, and so prevented the Commons from improving their own Consti tution. The Ministers, if they introduced h a lf- an d - h alf mea sures, with the hope of conciliating their en em i es , they would act most foolishly and in vain. He hoped they would take a lesson from experience, and now know that it was impossible to conciliate them. The Peers had stopped a ll reforms for Ireland, for England, and for Scotland. They had thrown out every good Bill for either country, on the shabby ground of showing that so long as Lord Melbourne led the Government, they would not allow the people to have the benefit of any reforms whatever. Were the Commons to be stopped, would they allow this opposing power to go ? on with out aski ng t h e quest i on , h ow l o ng is this to continue They from Lord separate now, having lost a Session.—(Hear , hear , Lord Ashley.) He charged the Noble Lord with forming part of the opposing power. He had done all in his power to waste the time of the House, and impede the good measures. On behalf o f t h e people of England, they must have Reform in the House of Lords.—( Cheers.) He felt sorry that the high-minded Nobles of England should be led by such a man as they were.—( Cheers.) In the rejection of every measure was to be seen the cloven foot. On that ground he ac quitted the House of Commons, and accused the Lords.— ( Cheers.) The King had the power, if he thought pro per to exercise it, of keeping that House in harmony with the other, if he would not exercise that power, the only alter native the House of Commons had was to exercise the power vested in them, and stop the Supplies.—(Great cheering.) Unless, indeed, if an opportunity should be given, the people should return a larger number of Reformers to that House— that might induce Noble Lords to think better of it. What were Peers created for ?—the public good ; and if they set themselves against everything that was for the public good, the question would be, whether they should or should not continue. He did not see why old and antiquated notions should prevent a Reform, in the House of Lords. The Boroughs were as old as the Peers, yet they had been swept away. The Corporations were as old as the Peers, yet they had been reformed. Why, therefore, should not the House of Lords be either swept away or reformed.—(Great cheer ing.) If Ministers wished to meet the wishes of the people, I (he did not know whether Parliament was or not to assemble in November again), but if Ministers wished to meet the wishes of the people, they would call the House together as soon as possible ; send up to the House of Lords the measure they thought for that good of the public, leaving the House of Lords to do what they pleased with them, but then the question would be what course the House of Com mons should pursue.—( Cheers.) Changes had taken place in the Monarchy—changes had taken place in the House of Commons—and why should not changes take place in the House of Lords.—( Great cheering.) It was clear from the course the Lords had pursued, that the question was whether the Aristocracy or the People should prevail.—(Great cheering.) Had there ever been an instance before the present Session, where the House of Lords had interfered to stop such a Bill as the Post-office Bill ?—( Hear, and cheers.) The House of Lords, it was true, had passed one Bill with respect to the Church, why had they done so, because it gave no power to the people, or put anything into the pockets of the poor clergy. He trusted the Lords would be wise in time, and not compel that House to take steps with respect to them, which they might have cause to repent.—[Here the Hon. Gentleman was inter rupted by Sir Augustus Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod, entering the House, for the purpose of commanding its at tendance on his Majesty in the House of Peers.] The SPEAKER having returned to the House, read his Majesty's Speech. After which, the Members present bowed to the Speaker, and withdrew. Vae Parliament stands prorogued to Thursday, the 20th of (*ter. THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH rank Stock FUNDS. Omni.= India Stock Ditto !fonds .... South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuitic.: — Ex. Bills, 1D0L.... ......... ... 9pm Ditto 503/ l2 m.o. Ditto SU(I ' 12 pin. Bank Stock for Opg. — India Stock for Act. ...... — Consols for Act. I FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent — I rertuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. I;clg..in, 5 per cent lO4 t Ditto, Now Ditto 7l Brazilian Bonds Unenos Ayres, 6 per cant Chilies, ei per cent. 44% Ditto, Metallic Celoinbian; 6 per cent Ditto 1534 i li)ii Danish, , 3 per - cent — ;Emrich, 5 per cent —f. -e Greek Bonds, i 25, 5 pert fist. I Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent. Ditto, i; per cent., 1825 ....... 28 Mitch, 2, percent 55% t'cruvian, 122.5, 6 per cent ... Onto, 5 per cent. ...... IC4 %SHA:tES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway 5% Bristol and Exeter Railway Cheltenham and Great Western Railway 2!., London Grand Junction Railway . 1 4 ' : Northern and Eastern Railway .... North Midland Railway 9 3 /4 South Eastern and Dover Railway 2% South Western Railway O% No other varialionfhi the Prices of Shares since our One o'clock, 3 per Cent. Red 9)% 3 per Cent Cons 91% 35 e per Cent 3% per Cent. Red lons New 3i4 per Cent. Inn per Cent. Assented Dissented Long Annuities to expire JIA 180,) 15% Oct-MO Jan. 1860 FOREIG List. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Auousr 19. Mr. Crafer presented Papers from the Treasury. Mr. Campbell presented papers from the East India House. AFFAIRS OF CANADA. Mr. HUME had a petition to present, which he hoped would arrest the attention of the House for a short time. The petition had been put in his hand within one hour, and it had arrived by a neither of the House of Assembly of Upper Canada, who came to represent to the House and the Government the awful manner in which affairs were proceeding in that country. He had net gone into the general state 'of Canada the other evening, because of the want of documents and a full know ledge of the facts ; but if the statements of this petition could be verified, (and the gentleman who banded him the petition assured him that every statement could be), it would be impossible for Government to continue Sir F. Head in the situation he was most unworthily filling. Thopetition went on to state that violence and outrage bad been used by the Tories, and sanctioned by the Government, in order to se cure the return of their supporters. In that country the governor had the power of appointing not only the return ing officer, but also of fieing the time and place of election ; he had used that power most arbitrarily at the late election, even to the altering of the polling place after it had been once fixed.—(Hear, bear.) Also that be. had employed the Orangemen at the elections, notwith standing the orders of the Government, founded upon the resolutions of that House, had arrived full a month before. There was a law in force in Canada, whereby the free holders were required to have been registered from three months before they voted ; but at the late election, Sir F. Head granted creebolds, even after the elections had been begun, and they voted as having patents from the Cro‘;n The petition stated the electors had been overwhelmed and their franchises rendered of no avail, and he therefore p-ayed the floozie to make . such inquiries into the grievance, and to adopt such measuyes, as would do justice to the people of Canada. He (Mr. Hume) had been unwilling to lose that opportunity of call ing the attention of the House to the subject, but if there had been 'time he should have proposed the appointment of a Committee to have inquired into those violent out rages by which the people of Canada had been so grossly imposed upon. He trusted that, at all events, the government would sent out one or more of the Com missioners of Canada to procure such information as would put them in .possession of the facts of the case. He hoped and trusted that his Majesty's Government would see justice done in the matter, because if public officers were in that way allowed to outrage decency, the sooner an enqurey was made for the purpose of ascertaining the truth of these allegations the better. Sir G. GREY did not know how the Hon. Member could reconcile his statement the other evening that Sir Francis Head was not guilty of the charges brought against him, with the presentation of the petition now read by him. How had the petitioner got there ? The petitioner, although a successful candidate, avowed himself one of the defeated ,;:arty, and came there smarting under the disappointment, with those excited feelings which characterised all contested elections carried on either in that country or in any other. The petition contained allegations against not alone the Government but the returning officer, for having admitted improper votes. Why had not these charges been brought before the House of Assembly—(Hear, hear)—which would have saved the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Duncombe) the trouble of coming to that country, and where the means of establishing the charges were within reach ?-----(Hear.) With respect - to the conduct of the Lieutenant-Governor, there were no specific allegations in the petition ; it dealt only in generals. The Lieutenant-Governor had acted according to his instructions, and it would be contrary to those instructions for him to have mixed himself up with parties while he was representing his Sovereign in that country. He (Sir G. Grey) denied the truth of the accusations made against the Lieut.-Governor, but those accusations should immediately be sent out to him, and if be chose to answer lie could do so ; further he would not go. Mr. HUME explained. It appeared to him that, a pe tition was the best mode by which justice could be done. Mr. G. F. YOUNG thought that the truth of this question had been put in a form wholly unanswerable by the Hon. Bart. (Sir G. Grey.) The matters complained of must come before a judicial tribunal, and it was therefore unfair to prejudge this question. There were tribunals in Canada, where the enquiry ought to be begun; and then, if anything were proved, there would be a ground for a Parliamentary enquiry ; but the' present course would do nothing further than prejudge the question. Mr. WARBURTON and Mr. WIT,KR SI! PP3Red the peti tion, OA dgetided ON; conduct of Mr. Hume in presenting it. It was only on the 14th of last month that the peti tioner left the country, and that as soon after the elections as he could. . CHURCH-RATES. Mr. HARVEY wished to ask a question of the Noble Lord, the Secretary for the Home Department, with refe rence to the Church-rates. The feelings which the Dis senters of England entertained on that important subject, would be best illustrated by the resolutions which had been passed at a meeting of that body, very recently. One of those resolutions was—That his Majesty's Ministers, by suffering the present session of Parliament to pass away without settling the Church-rate question, had disap pointed their friends, and violated their pledges. The question he had been requested to put to the Noble Lord was this, whether it was the intention of the Govern ment to abolish the Church-rates altogether ? With that they wou ld b e well content. But the Dissenters were not more anxious for the extinction of Church-rates than they were that a substitute should not be found for it out of the Consolidated Fund. Lord JOHN RUSSELL—As I do not think it con sistent with my duty at present to state the nature of the measure which I shall submit to the House next Session, I am sure the House will agree with me I ought not to answer the Hon. Member's question.—(Hear, hear.) PRISONERS' COUNSEL BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the Order of the Day for the consideration of the Lords' reasons for the amend ments in the Prisoners' Counsel Bill. The differences which had arisen between the two Houses with respect to the Bill was not a difference with regard to the principle of allowing Counsel on behalf of prisoners to address the jury. That great principle, for the establishment of which the Hon. Member for Liverpool deserved the thanks of his country, was still preserved, for upon that principle so important and useful to the administration of justice in giving that ad vantage to the prisoner which lie ought to have, both Houses were agreed. Another question, however, was put forward in the Bill sent up from that House, which was whether the Counsel for the prisoner should have the last word. On that subject he agreed with the Bill as sent from that House, for, in his opinion, if the Counsel for the prosecution was allowed the liberty of making two speeches, THE SUN, LO N DON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1836 the Counsel for the prisoner ought to be allowed to make a second speech too. That, however. was altogether a dif ferent question, and did not affect the principle of the Bill brought in by the Hon. Member for Liverpool. The Lords had objected to that provision, on the ground that it might not only be applied in cases of felony but in those of high treason, misprision for treason, and in misdemeanors, and therefore they had entirely disagreed with that amend ment. The House of Commons then agreed that it should not apply in cases of High Treason and Misprision of Trea son, but only in cases of Misdemeanor and Felony. After , the Revolution of 1688, the legislation of that country went upon an opposite principle, and it was alleged that prisoners accused of High Treason, being opposed by the power of the Crown, should be defended by Counsel. He (Lord John . Russell) would propose that the offences of High Treason and Misprision of Treason should be altoge ther struck out of the Bill, for the purpose of being made the subject of separate legislation. With these opinions he was justified in coming to the conclusion that they ought to take the Bill without insisting on the clauses to which the Lords had objected, as they should be thereby obtaining this great advantage—that persons accused in cases of felony should have the advantage of Counsel to defend them. The Noble Lord concluded by moving that a message be sent to the Lords, stating that that House did not insist upon the amendments made by it to the Lords amendments. Mr. EW ART would remind the House that two of the reasons sent up by the Commons for disagreeing with the Lords' amendments were, first, that any system which did not give the last word to the prisoner was of no value ; and, secondly, that a Commission, appointed by the King himself to revise the criminal law, had come to the resolution that the last word should be given to the Counsel for the pri soner. The whole principle of the Bill had been struck out by the Lords. He had never witnessed more inconsistent conduct than had been pursued by the Noble Lord who bad taken charge of the Bill in the other House. He had ex hibited such an affectionate regard for a bantling not his own, that he had altogether strangled it. He should feel it his duty to oppose the motion. The question was then put, and agreed to. _ Mr. EUME would subniit .to the Government whether measures could not be taken to enable the public to have copies of the Lords' reports as well as the Commons ? He threw that out for the consideration of the Government. STANNARIES COURTS BILL. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved the considera tion of the Lords' amendments to the Stannaries Courts Bill. Mr. FRESHFIELD thought the House should agree to the amendments of the Lords. The amendments were then agreed to. The Exchequer Suits Bill was read a third time, and passed. _ _ POLLS AT ELECTIONS BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved that the House should agree to the amendments of the Lords to this Bill. Mr. DUNCOMBE opposed the reception of the amend ments, as they would tend to increase the expense of elec tions in counties by increasing the number of polling places. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the amendments ought to be adopted by the House. If it was desirable to have elections concluded in one day, the in creasing the places of polling was the means of effecting that object. Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND thought the amend- ments ought not to be agreed'to. Mr. WARBU RTON also objected to the amendments. Mr. AG LION BY thought tli'e Bill so objectionable in its present state, that he could not give it his concurrence. The main object of the Bill, that of reducing the poll ing at elections to one day, was entirely taken away by the amendments of the Lords—(Hear.) He should therefore give those amendments his decided opposition. That principle had been so materially altered by the Lords that he (Mr. Aglionby) thought they should reject the 13111 altogether, and take the chance of another year for carrying into effect a better measure. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when the numbers were— For the motion.. Fur the amendment. Majority The amendments were accordingly agreed to. COMMON-FIELDS ENCLOSURE BILL. ... 50 26 -24 Mr. WARBURTON moved the Order of the Day for the farther consideration of the Lords' amendments to this Mr. WAKLEY said that since the amendments of the Lords had been printed he had read them, and he did not find there was any provision introduced which would justify him in offering any obstruction to the •further pro gress of the Bill.(Hear, hear.) Mr. POTTER proposed a proviso, to the effect that no common fields should be inclosed within ten miles of Lon don, nor - within distances of other towns varying with the amount of population from 2,000 upwards. The House divided, when the numbers were— For the amendment Against it 54: -48 Majority The Lords' amendments being agreed to, with some other verbal amendments, the Bill was sent back to the Lords. Mr. MACKINNON gave notice that he would next Session bring forward again the Letters Patent Amend ment Bill, not having been able to proceed with it in the present Session. SPAIN. Mr. MACKINNON, seeing the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs in his place, wished to ask him whether the statements which had appeared in the morning papers, that the Queen of Spain had been forced by a military insurrection in Madrid to swear, or declare, alle giance to the Constitution of 1812, whereby the Cham bers of Peers and Deputies were abolished, and the C.rtes re-established, were correct? And whether, if correct, the Noble Lord bad received any other information on the subject which he felt it consistent with his duty to disclose ? Lord PALMERSTON had received a despatch from Mr. Aston, the Charge d'Affaires at Paris, informing him that a telegraphic message had been received at Paris from Bayonne, announcing that the Queen of Spain had accepted the Constitution of 1812. The communication, being a telegraphic one, was of course, very concise. He was un able to furnish further information. In answer to a question from Lord STORMONT, Lord PALMERSTON understood it to be the result of a military movement. The amendments of the Lords to the Inns and Ale houses Bill were taken into consideration ; and, on the motion of Mr. WARBURTON, seconded by Mr. WAKLEY, who objected to the mutilation of the Bill by the House of Lords, the amendments were ordered to be read that day three months. PORTUGAL. Mr. ROBINSON wished to ask the Noble Lord whe ther any, and what, progress had been made in the negocia tion for placing the commercial intercourse between Por tugal and this country upon a more equitable basis ? Lord PALMERSTON knew the question was one of great interest. He was not able to state that any con clusion had been come to, but some progress had been made in the negociation, and nothing had occurred to in duce him to think that the conclusion would be otherwise than satisfactory. The House then adjourned, at a Quarter-past Seven o'Clock. The VISCOUNT de CHATEAUBRIAND'S SKETCHES 0? ENGLISH LITfiRATIMH, &c. 2 volg. Bvo. (Colburn.)--. These " Sketches" are amongst the most interesting reviews of the literature of our country we ever remember to have read. Full of anecdote, instructive and amusing, they convey in the greater instances biographical pictures of our authors, and abstracts of the manners, character and events of the se veral ages in which they flourished, while the observations have that concentration which at once manifest the profound judgment and experience of the writer. They embrace every period, and almost every person, distinguished by literary ce lebrity, from the earliest to the latest time. INGENIOUS WAY OF " DOING" TIIE POST OFFIcE.—NIany are the devices used by friends living at a dis tance from one another to communicate interesting scraps of intelligence without increasing postage. Newspapers marked or written upon the covers with "invisible ink" is the general way in which it is done ; but they are almost always detected, and charged accordingly. A very ingenious way was devised the other day by some person writing to a friend in Dublin ; he directed the newspaper to " William Shawl safe Got letter Humby, Esq.," which, as it might or might not be a name, could not be charged.—County Herald. GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE OF A TURKISH MINISTER. —The attention which Mahmoud has lately devoted to naval affairs seems, as usual, to have been sedulously imi tated by his Ministers, and the new Reis Effendi gave a striking instance of this on the presentation of the Neapolitan Charge d'Affaires, M. Cuidi. Hearing that this gentleman was a native of Switzerland, he questioned him, with much apparent interest, as to the naval resources of that country, and its principal ports. M. Cuidi (concluding that there was more in the question than met the ear, and that the Minister alluded to the ports which chiefly traded in the manufac tures of Switzerland) replied, that its most considerable ports were Genoa and Trieste, and to these, he continued, we may add Constantinople itself. Here, h owever, he was inter rupted by the Reis E4 . endi, who, with much alarm and preci pitation, told him lie must certainly be mistaken, for though Genoa and Trieste, he had no doubt, lawfully belonged to them, Constantinople was still, as it always had been, a port of Turkey. On Wednesday morning, about two o'clock, as the Hon. Mr. Ponsonby, who resides at No. 50, Portland-place, was engaged in reading a book in his study, some villain in the street either threw at the window or discharged from an iAir gun a large stone, which shivered a pane of glass to pieces, and passed within a very short distance of the Hon. Gentle man's temple. The stone was picked up at the lower end of the room, the wall of which it struck against with great force, and immediately afterwards search was made for the perpe 2 trator of the outrage, who, we regret to say, escaped, PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, AUG. 19. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Snare. 1,760 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham....A.vcrage 97/. 18s. sh. 182 1,182 6L Ashby.de-le-Zouch Average 1131. sh. 65 1,260 .... Basingstoke lOO/. sh. 5 1,01)5 5/. Brecknoci: and Abergavenny 150. sh. 90 8,000 1-16 sh. 91. 25. Birmingham, 1-16th share ... ...... 81/. & 711. 2043 4,00 d Ditto and Liverpool Junct...l9s/. sh. 100 pd 301 600 . Bridgewrter and Taunton ....lOW. sh. all pd 64 400 4/. Chelmer and Blc.ckwater 1001. sh. 102 500 47/. Coventry 1001. sh. 725 4,545 Croydon Average 31/. Os.lod. sh, 8 2,05 q 41. Os. Dudley lOO4 sh. 78 6110 71. Derby 100/. sh. 120 20,000 3,575 Ellesmere and Chester Average 133/. sh. SO 231 401. Erewash 1001. sh. 400 1,297 201.. Forth and Clyde Average 4021.165. sh. 600 11,500 121. Grand .Tunc" -- .-.. -.10 0 1. sh. 212 2,8491 11. Grand Union ICOI. sh. 25 1.503 Grand Surrey l9O/. sh. 120 ,00 0 /. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl. 75 3,0917 Grand Western 1)00 13/.125. Bd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 230 749 10s. Grantham 1501. sh. 21)2 6,233 U. 10s. Huddersfield .... ...... Average 571. 6s. 6d. sh. 32 1410 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10 25,323 11. Kennet and Avon, Average 391. 188.10(1. sh. 211 2,3071 201. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. ch. 510 1 5451 10!. Leicester l4 O/. sh. 149 1,1497 - 11. 10s. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 83). 1 00. 78 2,400 0!. Monmouthshire 'OOl. sh. 200 50 10/. Motion Mowbray 100/. sh. 200 500 25/." Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh• 580 3,000 IL !Ss. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 54 247 171. Neat h 1,786 30/. Oxford 100/. sh. 5811 2,400 4/. Peak Fores. Average about 78 /. sh. 1043 21,4 1 8 )2s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33'. ICs. ed. sO. 17 5,669 61. rr cent. Rochdale Average 8;1. sh. 117 500 B'. Shropshire 1'251. sh. 140 SOO 9'. !O . Somerset Coal ISO!. sb. 160 45,1100/. 5 pe'rcent. Ditto Lot!: Fond Stock l2/. 1 0s. sh. 111 700 364 Statlbrd and Worcester l4O/. sh. 690 500 11/, Shrewslun y 125/. sh. 945 300 81. Stourbridge ......... ............... 1451. sh. 963 3,647 21. 6s. Stratford-4,n-Avon ...Average 791. 9s. tkl. sh. 53 533 11/. Swansea 100/. sh. 215 3,762 1/. Severn and Wye and Railway -Av. 351. sh. 171 2,60015 ti. 321. 10s. Trent and !Betsey, 1 share 1 00/. sh. 5'.4 8,149 Thames and Mech.va•...Avei. 19/. ss. 80. sh. 2 1,00003.1 151, Warwick a.nl Birmingham 'OO/, sh 276 1,00010.6 940 If!, Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 216 6,000 41. Os. Wo*cester -in , Birmnigham...Av.7Bl. Ls. sh. 81 5,000 20s. Wilts and Bett s .. Ave-:,ge 67/. 10s. Sd. sh. 111 800 3/. Wyrley and Essington 12 5/. sh 75" 1.,.!6 .„ ... Wi s be ? ch lO5l. sh. 45 905 1/. Wey and Arun llO/.511. 221 . DOr.'KS. 2 0 600 & i , •._. 10 , 6510 , j .., p. c. Commerch“ lOO/. sh. 57 493,66721. 51 per ct. East India Stock 107 3,2 38 ,310} 1 . 50s. p.ct. London Ditto Bonds 1,390,000/. 5/. ner ct. West India 2.20:1 2/, ".. Bristol 63,304/. 5 1 .ner ce”t. Ditto tslotes, various amounts ll6 1,352,752 4 p •1* cent. S. KAlnniue Stock 90 330,000 41 per cent. Ditto fords 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds or '0 years 1094 Shovelten 11-t bow* 2.500 .... .... Dept 'Ord I'IN 2O/. sh. 3/. pd Mt IOGS. 1,610 11. Ilanpners , n 0 • 5O/. eh. 20 7,231 So.ithwark, Old Av. 63/. Os. SO. sh. 41 1,700 11. 153. Ditto, Na;:, of';) per cent. 5O!. sh. 14 5.000 Waterloo 'ool sh. 4 5,000 'l. 23. Dian, MI Annu•ties o: 9/. 6O/. pd IS 5,0(3) Ins. 3: 1 Ditto, New :Mao o; 71 40'. pd 15 60,000/. 5/. per cent. 1?'.1,:o BO' I Li 3 0,000 11. Vauxhall kv - ,a ,, e 70/ 1 0i 3d sh 22 ...__. .. . . . , As .I_l RA NC11: CO i'.IPAIN :ES. 2,000 3! lns Albl.on 5001. sh. 501 pd 73 50,090 [5 P e r ss.ti ceP Alliance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 1C;-,?. pd 131 a 3 50,000 1 1 per cent. Dltto, 'Marine 100/. sh. 51 pd 5,1 21.000 g! per sh. A.,las 5(0. sh. 51. pd 13/ 1,200 ? . ;sl.. 5/. Itirrn;ogbant tne 0 51!! sh. 55/. pd 103 2,/,000 4/ per cept. Rrit;sh Fire 2sut. sh. 501. p 5 45 12.000 61. pc-cent. Pult;s l ) Conlin:lml 51 1 /, s 5. Si. pd 0 5,0;10 Si. per cent. Cleric-0, Mc.'.• .i l ,&e. i ite, 11:0/. sh. i 2/ 10s pd 3i 4,000 21 (Os County 101(1. sh. 10/. pd 42 45,050 ss. Ea v„. . _ 200 Econom. 5 per cent. •c L: , . 19001. sh. 250!. pd 373 ...,{ a ,,, , o , im l ... 2,271 51/ percent. European 1. , • 'W. sh. all pi 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. '2l. pd 1/.199 1,000,1001. 71. per ct. (Hobo Sundt 159 20,000 Si. Guardian lOOl. sh. 27,41 pd 33 Fire 5 pet.? TJ , ' , 49,000 {Life 8 p et. j " 1- 50/. sh. Si. pd 6 2,400 Si. 7s. 60. Imperial Fire 500/ sh. 50/. pd 125 i 7,000 Ps. Imperial Li le.. 100/. sh. 101. pd 10 13,453108.6 d per sh. Indemnity 111..1 Me 1. 0/. sh. Si. pd 17 2,020 31 10s Kent Fire M. sh. all pd 02 :v. Ditto Lite !aim 16s. Law Life Idol. sh. 11i/. pa '29 :T,91)) London, l'ir • "M sh. ill. 10s p.l , 15 31 00) ..... Londrii, Slip "5/ sh. 1•21. 10s. pd 15 3u,0 TO :1. per cent. Palladium Lit, 50/. sh. 2!. pd 2/ 7s lid 25 0 ,001 ,'rote' tar F.::, 'W. sh. 0!. pd 1 its 60 '5OO 1/. Previ.tent Li • e liti.'. sh. 11 1 /. pd Di !00,000 Rack Life °Ol. sli. 11. pd 7 Au i;220, 51. ;s:ir COU t. Royal Exeli !it• e . 'to 0... 225 11,150 5 per cent. University late - .00/. sh. Si. pd 5-1 50,00 , 1 4 per cent. Uni toil Kin loin late "/. pd JOINT SlttCK BANKS 25,000 A gric and Con in .of Ireland 2::/. al). 10/. pd 11 5,4100 A ustrala•ia 4Ol. sh. 40/. pd 59 10,14,8 10 per cent. Ban's of 41i: iningliam 5ll. sh. 104 p 4) 1: 10,000 10 per cent. Binninghana Bank 5O/. sh. Si. pd 14 0 0 ,1)00 4 per cent. 1.0n..10n and Westminster... 1001 sh. 20/. pd 24-: 3,000 Lancaster 2:,) , 00 6 per cent. Liverpool.. 1001 sh. 101. pd 22 50,00 71 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool / 100/. sh. 15/ pd 22 Discount 2 1 ,000 6 percent. Manchester. 100/. sh. 251 pit 20,000 S per cent. Provincial Rink of Ireland...loo/. sh. 251. pd 42 20, CO re per cent. National Bank of Ireland ...s'l. sh 14/. pd Pi 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. -100/. sh. 25/. pd 271 :9,004) II) per cent. Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 10/. pd 20 0,000 71 per cent. Hampshire 50/. eh. 51. pd '3 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 500 117 s Bath 'MP sh. PI. pd 25 5,000 British 4Ol. sh. IC/. pd 211 5/ iercent. 5,000 { a ,;l d Bs , ~..I Ditto Provli:Cl:li 2O/. sh. 19 pd 24 920 5110 a Birmingham 4,250 2/ Os Bristol 9 0 . sh. 40 1,9)0 Bri g hton "-'Ol . sh. 141 754) Ditto, Near '2ol. sh. 181. pd 11, 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton Goneral 9 01. sh. all pd 19 4,000 4/. Continental Cansolidated lOO/. (121/. pd 9,3 1,000 )0/. City of London 'ool. sh. all pd 1)45 1,000 6/. Ditto, New 4,1)00 V. li.s. Equitable 10, , 00 51. per cent. Imperial 5Ol. sh. 43 000 5/ per cent. Isle c , f 'fhwiet ` l 5l. sh. 20/. pd 191 2,350 6/. per cont. Independent 3O/. sh. all pd 4S 9,000 31. per cent. Plicenix 50/, sl. 30/. pd 221 1,000 41. per cent. Ilateliff 1001. sh. SOL pd 4,0•1 South Metropolitan s'l. sh. 171/.l)d 17 8,200 5/. per cent. United General ! 50/. sh. 4141. pd 214 N. per cant. Warwick 501. ill. 50 400 81. per cent AVaketiold '251. sh. 221 12,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,1101 i.a. Ditto, New 5) /. eh. 101. pd 19 StO Yarmouth , 0/. sh. 1:11. pd 9 WATER W3IIKS. _ . ....... . __ 4,900 Birmingham p 5 l. sh. 1..'51. pd 25 4,13:1 tit. East London )(JO!. sh. 136 4,500 21 lim Oraiiii Junction ....Average 41/ 13s. 4d. sh. 53 2,000 2/. Kent lOO/. sh. 46 388 10/. Liverpool Bootle c'ol. sh. 310 1,500 2110 s New giver London Bridge Water Annuities 58 6,486 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford lOOl. sh. 52 1,000 4 per cent. Elauth lAni.lon lOO/. at'. 85 5, :00 31. West Middlesex ....Average 631. 128. thi. sh. F2l 1,360 1/ 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 351 IRON IaILWAYS. 2,500 Aylesbury 2O/. sh. 11. pd. 01 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 5/. pd 5; 7,500 Birmingham, Bi istol, and Thames Junction 0; IS, 00 Bristol and Exeter 'OO/. sh. 21 pd 21 414(4) ......... Calcutta and Saugur 5O/. sh. 2r. pd 1 7,000 2,000 Clarence lOO/. sh. 100/. pd 43 - 12,000 2,500 19s. For'est of Dean 5O/. pd 28 (rand Junction 1001. sh. 40/. p I DI ..... .... Great North of England 2l. pd 01 25,03 2,0 0 0 1 fartlepool 100/. sh. 1001. pd 100 2,100 Hull and .elby 5O/. sh. 51. pd 41 10,000 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/. pd 18} 7,100 Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 120 1,500 Leicester and Swannington -.501. sh. all pd 48 5,103 1(1 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lool.sh. 100/441 285 Ditto Quarter Shares '2s/. pd 61 10,000 London and Brighton loo/. sh. 51 pd 6 45,000 Ditto ditto (Gibbs') -.20/ sh. 1/, pd 0/ 16,000 Ditto ;ditto (Rennie)...so/. sh." 21. pd 01 8,090 Ditto ditto (Cundy)...loo/. sh. 21. pd 01 12,000 London and Blackwall 50/ sh. 3/ pd 21 London and Dover 50/. sh. 11. pd O 30,0110 London and Gravesend ..... ... 20 / sh 1 /. pd 4 'i 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2Ol. slt. 20/. pd 24f 25,000 ... ...... London and Birmingham ...100/. sh. 60/. pd 1344 20,1'00 London and Southampton "0/. sh. 251. pd 26 7,000 ...... ... London and Croydon 2CI. sh. 101. pd 81 12,000 London Grand Junction SCI. sh. 21. pd 11 10,000 Manchester South Union 10.1. sh. 21. pd 3-1 North Midland lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 9f Northern and Eastern lOO/. sh. 31. pd :4 2.600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. V/. pd 28,000 ...... .. South Eastern and Dover 21. pd 4 1,000 61. per cent. Stockton and Darlington . 100/ sh. 240 9,000 6,000 York and North Midland 5O/. sh. 11. pd 11 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 31. pd Oi 4,000 Alten 151. sh. 121. lOs pd 10 10,000 ........ Anglo Mexican, iss. Si. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd 5 Ditto Subscription 0 5/. pd 5 2,000 Bolanos 1501. sh all pd 1421 • lO,OOO 31. Ls. Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm 351. sh. 201. pd 28i 6,0.0 Macanbas 84 Cacaos United 25/. sh. 221. pd 9 11,0,0 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company. 20/. sh. 201. pd 1 i 10,000 20,000 British Iron 50/. sh. 50/ pd 38 6,000 British Copper Si. sh. 31/. pd 4 Cata Branca 61/. pd 7 Candonga 7l/. pd 71 10,000 Copiapo 2O/. sh 121/ pi 20 8500 Colombian, iss. Si. pm. 2,850 31 English 20,000 General Mining A ssociation...2o/. sh. 151. pd 11 6,155 ... ...... Mexican Company 102/. sh 331/. pd 1 3,000 l'olberou Consols 101. sh. 81. pd 8 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered l9 Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 135 30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm ....401. sh. all pd 31 Ditto Scrip 3:l Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd 4 West Cork 50!. sh. 501. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket ..: .. ...75gs. sh. 201 1,500 700 King' College MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15s. Australian' Agricultural....loo/. sh. 2fll. pd 41 6,000 British American Land Company lB/. pd Hi 10,000 61 per cent. Canada Company 100/. sh. 23/. pd 3'3 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan lO3 City Bonds, 4 per cent lO3l 15,000 __ 111. General Steam Navigation —.15/. sh. 13/. pd 27 1 . __ 104 pFI cent. Hudson's Bay S tock . --- 2,000 11. London Com. , Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 19 New Brunswick Land Company ......28/ pd 251 2,754 5/. per emit. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. 100/. pd 131 '2,033 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 45/. pd 774 4,000 ......... Thames Tunnel 501. sh. all pd 8 10,000 Van Diemer.'s Land 100/. sh. 17/. pd in LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, AUG. 1, 1836. BANKS. 1. 500 , 00 V. 6/. p. cf. Ban': of Scotland 53/. 6s 80. sh. all pd 204!. 2,000,0314. 51 p. et. Royal of Scotland ...............100/. sit. all pd 17!!. 54)0 . 0 " bp. ct. British Linen Company ... ... lOW. sh. :JIM 2.w. 3,00(1,00(1. 61. p. ct. Commercial ....................... sh. 1001. pd )sw. 5,000,0001. sp. et. National lOOl. sh. 101. pd 15 /. 2,00 0 ,0 0 0 1 . 41. p. ct. Glasgow Union ...... . 250/. sh. 50/. pd &I. 4,000,001. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 9 001. sh 30/. pd 391. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 25 2 .° 00611 . ci P. ct. Scottish Union 9 0/. sh. 1/, pd 26 s '5OO sp. ct. Hercules lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 13! 15s. I I K, OOO sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....10/. sh. all pd 71 I3s. 50,000 6p. et. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 15/. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 10/. pd 16/0s 5,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh I.ile 1001. sh. 10/. pd 1410 s 100,000 • West of Scotland lOl. pd 101 Os BIISCFLLANEOUS 4,810 Edin. and Glas Un. Cana1...501, sh. all pd 22/. Ditto Allocated .9('l. sh. all pd 65!. 5,100 5 per cent. Edinb."JeA , t Stock Water 25/. sh. all pd 5A3/ Carron . Iron Company 250/. sh. all pd 450/. 2,0005 h. 15 per cent. Shotts Iron FounUery 501. sh. 3q. pd 35/. .10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2Ol. sit. 16/. pd 711. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd 6.1. 4,450 per cent. Glasgow Gas 95/. sh. all pd 60/. 750 6 per cent. Leith Coal has 20/. sh. all pd 401. 1,200 5 per cent Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway...so/.sh. 601. 3,000 5} per cen Equitable Lc al Cornpany 25/. sh. 54. pd 101. BANKRUPTCY COURT.-FRIDAY. T. H. FORRESTEIt'S BANKRUPTCY. The second meeting of the creditors of this bankrupt, the details of whose flight to France and subsequent deten tion in that country for travelling under a false name, have already appeared, was held to-day for the proof of debts and the surrender of Forrester. The debts proved during the day were small. The previous proofs amounted to about 3,800/., chiefly due to three creditors, with whom the bankrupt had transactions, including one banking house in the city. The whole proofs already made amount to about 4,000/. It is believed this will form but a small amount of the liabilities of the bankrupt. The bankrupt not having surrendered to the fiat, he is now liable to all the penalties attached to an outlawry. The further proceedings were then adjourned. INSOLVENT COURT-FRIDAY. Mr. George Elmer, known as George Almar the younger, the late lessee of Sadler's Wells' Theatre, came up for adjudication. The case was adjourned for the bro ker of the Court to value certain pictures and stage dresses in the hands of a Mr. Burleigh. Mr. WoonaoFFE had the valuation of tunics and other theatrical properties, estimated at 291., and the party who held them had a lien of 250/. Mr. CooKE. for a comedian named Smith, expressed himself' satisfied. The COURT declared Mr. Almar entitled to the benefit of the Act, and ordered him to be discharged forthwith. On the application of Mr. COOKE the costs of the oppo sition were allowed. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-LIVERPOOL, Atm. 18. RHODES AND OTHERS V. BURMESTER AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought by the Messrs. Rhodes, wine merchants at Huddersfield, and also carrying on the busi ness of hop-merchants and brewers there, to recover da mages for the non-performance of an agreement for the supply of a quantity of port-wine entered into by a Mr. Willett, a traveller for the defendants, on their behalf. The Messrs. Rhodes, in Ockober, 1835, wished to pro cure a supply of curious port, commonly known by the name of Rory's Port," of a good age and superior quality, having found it, from experience, to meet with a ready sale among the curious in wines in Huddersfield and its vicinity. They had an interview with a Mr. Stone, traveller for an other London house, at Manchester, and exhibited to him a sample of the wine which they wished to procure, and which was part of a supply obtained through the house of Messrs. Haythorn, of Oporto, under an order to supply the very best that Portugal could produce. Mr. Stone, on compar ing the sample produced with his own, found that required by the Messrs. Rhodes to be very superior to any which it was in his power to supply, he having none ranging higher than about 481. per pipe. The Messrs. Rhodes then ap plied to Mr. Willett, traveller for Burmester Brothers, who was then at Manchester, and met him on the business at the King's Arms. A specimen of the same port was exhibited to him. He was asked at what rate he could supply wine of that quality—(the travellers for Burmester Brothers do not carry samples)—and, after tasting the wine, stated that his employers would be willing to supply wine of that quality at the rate of 411. per pipe. There was a good deal of dis cussion respecting the terms, but a bargain was finally struck for twenty pipes at 421., to be delivered at Goole. The agreement was drawn up in writing, and signed by the parties, it being therein stipulated that any dispute respecting the quality of the wine should be referred to the determination of a mutual friend. The titan which usually elapses between sending out an order to Oporto and the re ceipt of the wine in London is about two months. in March of this year Messrs. Rhodes became impatient on hearing no tidings of the expected supply, and wrote to the Messrs. Burmesters Brothers, demanding the immediate fulfilment of the contract. In May they were informed that two sample pipes of the wine ordered from Oporto had arrived in London. Messrs. Rhodes stated in reply that they were willing to receive samples of the two pipes, with out prejudice to their right to insist on the fulfilment of the whole contract, by the delivery of the twenty pipes at Goole. On receipt of the samples they again wrote to Messrs. Burmesters, stating that they did not think them quite so good as the original sample, but that one of the part ners would be in London in a few days, and would call 'on them respecting the matter. On the 17th of June, one of the firm did accordingly call at the office of the Messrs. Burmesters, and complained of the inferiority of the wine. A Mr. Wilde ; a wine-merchant, was then, according to the terms of the agreement, called in to settle the dispute. Two glasses of wine were produced ; and he was requested, without any further information, to give his opinion respect ing them. One he found to be a mature wine of superior quality, having all the peculiar characteristics of Rory's port ; the other was also a superior wine of the same kind, but with more colour—less mature, and decidedly of not so good a quality as the former. The latter, it then ap peared, was the wine supplied by Mr. Burmester. Mr. Rhodes then refused to accept the wine as a fulfilment of the bargain. The action was commenced on the 4th July. There was a good deal of varying evidence as to the pre cise value of the two wines. One witness stated that the value of wines in the market was to a very considerable ex tent influenced, not so much by slight shades of difference in the flavour or quality, as by the prices at which they were quoted, and the respectability or reputation for good wines of the house by which they were shipped. As to the wine in question, Mr. Rhode's sample, he stated that though indubitably Rory's port, and of a very superior qua lity, yet its impression just on leaving the palate " its fare well flavour," had an astringency which Rory's port does not usually possess, and which, in his opinion, detracted from its value. He estimated it at from 501. to 521. per pipe. A verdict was finally returned for the plaintiff. Da mages, 2001. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. GAMING HOUSE.—A true bill was found against .1. F. Tadlor, for keeping a common gaming -house in the parish of St. James, Westminster. The remaining cases were gone through, and the Court adjourned to the 13th September next. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. A warrant has been issued for the apprehension of Lewis Augustus Bennet, who succeeded in obtaining money on false bills of lading, policies of insurance, Sze., to an enormous amount, and in escaping from this country ; and it is expected that, although the American authorities will not give him up to the persons who may intercept him in passing through the States, they will lay an embargo on all the property he may have in his possession, and send him as they sent Rowland Stephenson, some years ago, to seek his fortune as an excavator. Some days after the discovery of the alteration of the dates in the bills of lading on which Bennet obtained a con siderable sum of' money, it was suspected that he had fa bricated a Company, for the purpose of plundering banking houses by means of their bills, which he endorsed,' and which were readily discounted in London. An inquiry was immediately made, and it was ascertained that the plans of fraud and robbery had been most extensively laid. The brother of Bennet contrived to get introduced by a gen tleman to the partners in an eminent banking-house in the City, as a Member of the firm of Peter Blake and Co., to get bills discounted there. This brother, whose name is Peter Bennet, passed as Peter Blake, repre sented himself as one of the principal partners in the commercial house of Blake and Co., and, after having aided and assisted Lewis Augustus Bennet, concluded a long series of offences by accompanying his brother to America. Another of the fabricated firms was Edwards and Co. The amount of which, by this system, they have plundered one banking-house is said to be 2,600/. ; but the full extent of the depredations committed by Lewis Augustus Bennet exceeds 50,000/. considerably. It is rather extraordinary that Peter Bennet was intro duced to the banking house alluded to by a person with whom they had dealings, as Mr. Peter Blake, the repre sentative of the house of Blake and Co. It is probable that the two brothers will be attacked in America by the agents there of the merchants and bankers they have plun dered, and that no ceremony will be shown to the property which either of them may have in his possession. A reward of 1001. has been offered for the apprehension of a young man named George Francis Burn, the clerk to Mr. W. S. Taylor, the stock-broker. Burn had been in trusted with large sums of money by his employer, took opportunities, it is said, of speculatin g in some of the va rious Companies in which so much gambling has of late been carried on, and disappeared on the .sth instant, imme diately after which it was discovered that his accounts were very greatly deficient. He effected his robberies by means of the manoeuvre of keeping a banking account himself, so that he was enabled to dispose of the checks, which he ought to have paid into the banking-house of his employers, to his own advantage. The delinquent was traced to Dover, but nothing has been heard of him since Daniel Forrester crossed over to the Continent in pursuit. The a mount of which he plun dered his employer is said to be between 3,000/. and 4,000/. A woman, who said that her name was Julia .1114Vil limn, was a few clays ago brought before the LORD MAYOR, having been found not only totally destitute, but insane, on the preceding night, in L ea denhall-street, and his Lordship sent her to the Compter, and directed Mr. Teague, the keeper, to make inquiry about those upon whom she might have a claim. ..... Mr. Teague ascertained that the female's real name was Margaret M'Tighe ; that she had been confined for five iG years at the house of the late Sir J. Miles at Hoxton ; h!` been taken from thence on the 6th instant by order of a Mr. Saunders, who upon being applied to, said that ste came from India with a relation of his five years ago, and having been insane upon her arrival was placed and Inill' tained by him until the 6th, at Hoxton, when, by the a il ; vice of his attorneys, Messrs. Barrow, Vincent, an Plumley, he discharged her, and she was taken into custody by the police, ant taken before the Magistrates of Wor ship-street, who refused to commit her to the county lu natic asylum, and dismissed her from the office ; that her late husband was a sergeant in the East India CompanY's service, and that she was entitled to a pension amounting at the present time to 60/. The LORD MAYOR, upon learning these facts, was %vaitt la upon by the clerk to the above-menti one d so licitors, wil l ' ) stated that he had in vain pressed the poor lunatic's ca se upon the Magistrates at the police-office, under the 9th ° George IV., c. 40, sec. 41 and 44, which was exactly adapted to it, and the su,zgestion having been rejected, th ere remained no alternative but to let the unfortunate creature wonder about the streets. Mr. Hobler—lt is quite the fashion to drive the desti tute and infirm of all descriptions into the city of Londt as if the Mansion House was a me r e pl ace o f refuge. " is most disgraceful. The LORD MAYOR—Has any application been made to the Secretary of State on the subject ? The Clerk to the Solicitor said that no application ha a as yet been made ; but that, if the Lord Mayor would allow the female to rem a i n in th e C om pt er f or a f ew d a ys, Lo rd John Russell should be applied to. The Loan MAYoß—Certainly. The unfortunate crew ture shall not perish in the streets. The Secretary of Statea will, no doubt, remedy th e e v il, w hi c h i s a s h oc king and most disgraceful one. G UILDIIAL L. In the course of Thursday, the Bow-street officers st l s ceeded in seizing a great number o f p ac k ages o f u nstamPc newspapers, dated Sunday, August 21, con t a i n i n g a lto s e ther above 3,500 copies. James Vaughan was charged yesterday before Mr. derman l r WILSON with having in his possession a pars ' containing five quires of unstamped newspapers. Prisoner was glad to get a job of Mr. Cousins. 1-le could not starve. Mr. Alderman WIL SON sa id h e nee d no t starve. c a young man as he was might easily find honest and lawta employment. As the imprisonment he had already suffe re j had not proved a warning to him he must be punisb 6 again, and he committed hi m till th e 15th o f S e pterobT when the stamp tax would be reduced, and the illicit tra would cease. UNION-HALL. Yesterday Richard Rumpling, landlord of the Joiner!. Arms, Camberwell-green, was su mmone d on an i n f o rniatio p charging him with having in his possession a certain Pr e* partition as a substitute for malt and hops, namely, st l ;P lr ' or the purpose of adulterating his beer, whereby he b incurred a penalty of 2001. There four counts .0 the il l ; formation, upon each of which, if convicted, the deknd ° rendered himself liable to penalties of 2001. Mr. Sly, the supervisor of the Excise, conducted the prosecution, and Mr. CLARKSON was for the defence. . t i, The Magistrrtes convicted the Aefendant in the 131 ! gated penalty of 501. CORONER'S INQUEST. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ACCIDENTAL HANGING' Yesterday afternoon a prolonged investigation was eutc re into bef ore M r . S TIRLING an d a hi g hl y respecta bl e Ju r ' , i in the Board-room of tile workhouse of the LibertY Little Saffron-hill, to inquire touching the death of M t , William Burns, aged 40. The deceased, whose pri va % residence was at No. 85, Hatton•garden, carried on a very I? , extensive business in the bookbinding department. , employed above 100 persons, and his premises e stena% into Kirby-street, at the back of Hatton-garden. He iv also in partnership i n a l arge foundry estabiiionlea t - Clerkenwell. Wm. Chapman, a youth in the deceased's emploY- -- , 1 4 has worked for him three years. Witness saw him alive the preceding d a y, a b ou t fi ve o ' c l oc k, w h en he was is his usual excellent spirits. On Thursday morning uit uc l o came to work at six o'clock. The deceased always ~j witness in ; but on this occasion witnes s was a droill h by the boy. He went into the shop, when S' lr t t t , Cambridge, one of the female servant s , i n f orm ed vi , ! d, ness that their Master's room door was f a stc4 lt and that she could not m a k e hi m h ear her. -' ness went to the room with h er . H e b urst t h e d oor °Pc:, They found the bed was untouched, and the deceased 5v,.7, suspended by a r o p e f rom a h oo k , w hi ch was fixe d i n ta o ceiling. The legs and part of the lower extremities wer e on the floor, while the upper portion of the body was i ° horizontal positi on . Th e d eceased had p a ssed the roil through the hook, an d h a d f astened it round the body "`' the neck. Juror—Was the ro p e ti g ht roun d t h e b ody ? W' t° —lt was slack round the neck, and tight round the hotlYil, Juror—Was th e one en d o f t h e rope f astene d ro und t o body and the other round the neck, as if he was going swing? Witness—Yes. The Juror put the questions because he knew the a ti r j r ceased was fond of gymnastic exercises. He has I ' a ° t o that he frequently took that position in which lie use fling himself backwards and forwards. (le A Juror observed, it was his opinion that while the ,00 ceased was in the positi on o f sw i ng i ng th e c i rcu l a tion °i b i c h blood through the jugular vein was suddenly s t o pped," caused strangulation. 1 V is' The Jury returned a verdict —" That the decease( or accidentally strangled, while pursuin g some gymn astic ° cisc." MRS. HEMANs.—We are requested to stat e of Mr. Chorley's Memorials of M rs . Hemans, with Illust ra "lli of her literary character from her private correspouden ee •juit' be published by Messrs. Saunders and Otley, of C oil street, on Saturday next, the 24th instant. Of NOTION OF HONOUR IN THE P ROF ESSIO N t 0 4 THE L AW. —Sergeant Davy being o n ce ca ll e d t o acceil li nt io( the Western Circuit for disgracing the p ro f ess i on by at n e ,r e to silver from a client, he replied : " I to o k s il ver , because;:i, th e , not get gold ; but I took every sixpence th e f e ll o w bo l o. world, and I hope you don't call that disgracing the profes s —Law Magazine. (7" THE MOORS.—Grousc shooting commence( of Friday, and from all we have been able to learn from the ni t , De, in our own vicinity, the birds hav e se ld om b een k n own 0 01 so strong and numerous ; they are, in fact, a bumper crnolli the sport has, in consequence, been excellent, and such as vet o compensated the sportsmen for the fatigue whie: tb, cl „i v i subjected to by the great heat of the weather. The ' - '.65 Roxburgh's party, on the Lammermuirs, bagged upvv 3 4 11 ; 50 brace, of which no fewer than 33 brace were r., erre': down by his Grace himself. The sport has been equally-emir on the Cheviot Hills, where several sportsmen have he e7 , 4 o tv neatly successful ; and in all quarters the season pr° ll ` - be superior to last year.—Kelso Paper. TEAS OF A SUPERIOR OJA I) 2, BUCK LERSEURY, CHEAPSIDE. 6d. P er Good Full-flavoured Ereokast Tea 3s. Di:to, s:roir and rough 4s. Od. to 4s. 41' Fine Pel:ne 11:rd. Itch ''"'' and strong 4s. 6d. to 4s. Rich Pekoe Souc - io.-; , Fine Fiowe: y Pekoe Os . °‘l* Good Green Tea "s. Bd. to 4s. ,‘AO"' Fire 1-Ivson Firiest ditto Od. Ss. 0 j: Good Co t ee Mocha clzto • Small Roues, wei g hi ng 121 b. ne t, i mpo n,:ed express l y (ADVERTLi EMENT. ) 0, PATENT LEVER AV A TC,...—". h 0,6 With silver doubl e -b o tt om cases .............................. ?-' 6 " 1 , 6 A s Withsilver hunti-1,,p- cases ...................................... 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Joh n f itto daughter. .o On the 16th inst., at Bath, the lady of Captain Versttir tue : 4 4et Hanoverian Army, and late of th e 27 t h R eg i men t, of a s e n e r e , . 1 " On the 16th inst., at Gravely, Herts, the lady of c• g c , 0. of a daughter. ~,r of o f On the 14th inst., at L ee - p l ace, Godstone, the '"'-' 11 Turner„jun.of a in G daughter. roa d, the On the 17th inst.,..r/ist Gloucester-place, NOV- H. Pigot, Esq., of a son. Ne O w n ry tl z ie o l u l ei t l h , r‘ in i s a t d . ......------ 9. IV' r, aast Army,st./W. JAO/htion/,35%/arElvyDesA.t Ann, younge st eCs'tpdatailini rAtetrif the late Colonel Zouch. On the 17th inst., at St. Martin's Church, Charle s y rj e ille cholls, Esq., nephew of the late Admiral Sir Ilenr pr es t° K.C.8., to Charlotte Matilda, only daughter of G. 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